T206 fronts/backs Extravaganza......show us what you have ?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I disagree on this particular point. The southern leaguers (SL) fall into TWO, not ONE print group. The first group, which I call 150/350 southern leaguers, was printed from about Summer 1909 to Winter 1910 (maybe into February or March) and is made up of 34 southern leaguers who are available with Brown Hindu, Old Mill Southern and Piedmont 350. The second group, which I call 350-only southern leaguers, was printed from about Winter 1910 to Summer 1910 (maybe into June or July) and is made up of 14 southern leaguers who are available only with Old Mill Southern and Piedmont 350 (not Brown Hindu).

The 150/350 southern leaguers are more difficult than the 350-only southern leaguers owing to the fact that they were short-printed with the Piedmont 350 back (much like the 150/350 major leaguers were short-printed with that back). The numbers bear this out. So, rather paradoxically, the 150/350 southern leaguers are scarcer than the 350-only southern leaguers even though the former are available with a greater number of backs (3 vs. 2).

Edited to add: Additionally, southern leaguers were depicted in Old Mill Southern newspaper ads at least as late as March 1910.

Scot

This is an excellent summary of the various printing stages involving the 48 subjects in the Southern League (SL) series. Thank you for clarifying this issue.

Especially, your observation on the PIEDMONT 350 printing of certain SL cards. I found this to be true when I was trying to complete my all-PIEDMONT set.

I had quite a tough time finding certain SL guys with the PIEDMONT 350 backs.


TED Z